This book describes William Douglas' friendship with Franklin Delano Roosevelt & his intimates in the New Deal. It tells of the card games & intricate political relationships, providing a vivid, behind-the-scenes picture of Washingtonpolitics and a memorable view of one of the most exciting times in recent American history.

The second volume of the late Justice's autobiography recounts his long, controversial, and historymaking tenure on the Supreme Court and describes the cases--and the issues and debates behind them-which concerned him most